Masks worn by actors have been unearthed at the theater in the ancient city of Myra, which is located on the southern coast of Turkey. Excavators also found a family monument at the site.

Here’s an update on the excavation of one of the 35 well-preserved shipwrecks at Theodosius, a fourth-century port found beneath modern Istanbul. The ship had been loaded with amphorae filled with fruits, nuts, olives, and pine cones.

A decorative frieze depicting Zeus and Hera has been removed from the Parthenon and moved to the new Acropolis Museum in Athens. A copy will be put in its place. Five additional original metopes will be moved for safe-keeping.

In West Virginia, a man pleaded guilty to unauthorized excavation of a rock shelter at New River Gorge National River Park.

A tea set and a pair of glasses are among the artifacts recovered at the Montreal site of Canada’s first permanent parliament. The building was destroyed by fire in 1849.

Horses were domesticated 9,000 years ago on the Arabian Peninsula, claims an announcement made by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities.

Are you interested in King Arthur legends? An earthwork at Scotland’s Stirling Castle has been examined with remote-sensing technologies by researchers from Glasgow University, the Stirling Local Historical Society, and the Stirling Field and Archaeological Society. Known as the King’s Knot, most of the earthwork dates to the seventeenth century, but the survey revealed it had been built upon an older, round feature.

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